New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-02
pOVTRy From THE INSIDE"

The youun woman who carries bue-eyrd pansies.
Black Hamburg grapes and tlings to Gagged sc1mps
has good deal 10 answer for. Her gus llng seni-
mentality finds small favor the eyes of Tho nye'-
beaded phiianthropis, for no ro,izoi that the IN
e, ablo tendency Of her mlnlstraiions - To induce
iaIi-blrds to regard Themselves not as nuisanceS,
but "a martyrs and 10 regard their law breaking
Il. their mi iforune rather than their fault Society
Mt LARGO has. indeed been disposed 70 take lcni Mt
Wow Of this phase of milk and-water samaritan
ism. realizing that it had Is inspiration IN kAdll-
moss aud compassion.
But IN view of what lately happened in a penal
institution IN Seneca Comfy n general aggressive
movement is likely TO be organized against this
wcfmcanIng but harm working missionary work.
one of he prisoners III the Seneca County jail, who
had been treated Ith marked courtesy by party
OF ladies. responded with an act Of The basest IN
gratitude. II was not that he bit the hands that
had fed him, for they had not fed him. Nor did he
cudcavor 10 stab them with u pin taken from tho
buuquet-holdor cncircling the flowers which they
brought to his coll. For these ladies carried hun
no flowers.
Their goodwill for him took the more sensible
shape of temperance pledge and somo poems.
he pledge they induced him to sign. the poems
they read to HIM. What was tho rcsnltf Dad the
prisoner proceed to turn over new caff Did he
demon strate that ho was II man whom tender
consideration was not thrown away Not he not
he The ladies' gracious decd of charity turned
his head and this IL tho way that. yielding 10 his
worse impulses, no returned good tor cyil-we quote
from Waterloo dispatch to The 1abarH Bulletin /:
"To OUR LADY VISITORS"
q thank YOU lad yes. do
visiting I'LL.
may those blessings come To you
,hat Kindness doth entail
Your smiles OF friendship enjoy.
regards ARE given
To who ~ tho employ
O pointing mon to Heaven
In gratitude we greatly prize
Your visit here as friends.
Aud may your Joy, 10 Paradise
Be gIoAt-whufo nothing eniA
Have charity" tho Master said.
We Iauk for the Same.
Thank UOd today. We arc not doai
Please lLdo. call again.
Ii is unnecessary to point out that this sort Of
thing unless promptly checked will still further
complicate tho prison problem. which, as we all
know, is complicated enough rs il is. Let the state
adopt n policy which permits flooding the intellect
ual centres with poetry produced by convict labor
and what becomes OF tho tree labor engaged in tho
production of metrica compositions Will not the
prices for sonncs. ballads, songs and 0hor species
of motrica CO npositions tumble to u starvation
p0ntf The attention of tho Superintendent Of
Prisons is re- spectfully called to this matter. He
will remember that Bill Nye, at tho conclusion OF q
celebrated game of euchre. looking reproachfully
mt All SIM remarked in bitterness of spirit to ruth
ful James. ave are ruined by Chinese cheaplabor"
Let not tho superintendent delay meeting this
new crisisin prison management until from tho FREQ
poets of tho land goes up cry Of anguish telling
that they too have been ruined by choap labor.